A Vietnamese court rejected an appeal by Le My Linh,...

A Vietnamese court rejected an appeal by Le My Linh, 43, an Australian woman of Vietnamese origin, who is facing the death penalty for drug trafficking. She was originally convicted and sentenced to death in August by the People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City, for trying to smuggle 881.8 grams of heroin to Sydney in November, 2001. She pleaded guilty. "The death sentence against Linh remains unchanged," a People's Supreme Court of Appeal said. "She now returns to the prison and has seven days to ask for clemency from the state president before her execution."